Omersene Hits Rick's Big Campaign Fund
Democrats meet at platform endorsing ticket taken up at state convention with strong support for Omerene's bid.
07 Sep 1916
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Newspaper
Canton Daily News
Location
Canton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1916
Page
1
Democrats meet at platform endorsing ticket taken up at state convention with strong support for Omerene's bid.
At Convention Hall Columbus the Democratic platform attacks Senator Herrick’s nominating expenditures while nominating Pomerene Cox and other state officers. Pomerene claims Herrick spent 150000 to 200000 with as much as 1000000 unspent, urging voters to condemn such methods as corrupt. Continued on Page two Col. 6.
Canton Rotary members held their usual monthly outing at Frank Wade’s farm two miles south of Navarre. They arrived by auto from Canton at 7 30 PM and enjoyed corn and meat roasting, coffee, ice cream, and cake. The Canton Music Concert Co played as they toasted marshmallows under oil lamp light in the fields during the farm party lasting until about 9 30 PM.
Police were alerted Thursday afternoon to monitor for a man described as stealing about 500 dollars worth of copper wire from the Central Union Telephone Co. The suspect, last seen near Canton, was sought after an incident occurring Wednesday night or Thursday morning. Investigation ongoing.
President Wilson’s pen versus swords of Europe frames a critique of 16 years of Republican rule. The speaker rejects compulsory military training while praising labor gains and the federal reserve act. He warns on Mexican intervention and political loyalty, urging a shift from old party lines.
Estate of Anthony Howells asks reduction of 50000 on building valuation to reflect wear since 1900 and keeps land value at 125000. W R Zollinger seeks 29000 cut on store property and 8500 on his Market Avenue home. Zollinger Folwell Realty Co building and land valued 64000 and 90000 with requested cuts. About 400 complaints filed. more coming in.
County commissioners assured Mayor Stolberg they would help fund improvements to Beldenav and Sthst NE to permit N. O. T. extensions to the northeast industrial area. Plans call for early work on thoroughfares to enable the traction line, with paving grading possibly delayed. Since half of Beldenay and Sth-st NE lie outside city limits, division of costs may raise issues between city and county.
The Daily News urges readers to invest in Canton realty amid rapid growth and rising values. Classified listings daily by local experts offer opportunities, with ads reaching 60,000 readers. call 3500 to place a sale notice.
Miss Pearl Senior a 21 year old stenographer from New Brighton Pa disappeared Monday while visiting Mrs E T Mast Alliance. She was found Wednesday with Harry McIntire a Pennsylvania railroad passenger brakeman accused of hypnotic influence. McIntire faced a statutory charge in Alliance and was fined 200 dollars plus costs.
The legal scene reports a flurry of divorces as the May term ends and the September term nears, with Maude E. Tisch suing Charles E. Tisch for neglect and support, Anna Nelson filing against Charles M. Nelson, and Elizabeth T. Hardy gaining a divorce from Gale J. Hardy. Other suits include Pearl Myers vs Elijah Myers and Stacey Haines vs Alma Haines, among ongoing or decided cases.
Mayor Stolberg with R W Pratt and Alliance service director inspected Canton's recently completed sewage plant on Howenstine Street. Pratt made recommendations for operation while parking and minor details remain. the system is functioning with odorless clear water discharge. Alliance seeks info to aid a potential rebuild of its own disposal facility.
The Canton heat wave returns with the thermometer reaching 91 degrees at 1 30 PM and showing signs of further rise. Nighttime low was 66 degrees and 7 AM reading reached 72 degrees, two higher than 9 PM Wednesday.
Paris reports the minister of war will award a gold medal to the Duchess de Choiseul formerly Miss Claire Coudert of New York for daily risk and nursing service since the war began. She has left social life in Paris, taking a nurse post in Fougeres to tend troops with infectious disease.
County commissioners refuse N O T franchise for Massillon road segments fearing it would block other companies. Plans show private right of way includes Canton and Massillon areas with a Whippled end, and a secondary route exists if franchise denied. N O T says it would permit another firm to use its tracks to enter the two cities.
Elmer McClain a local attorney and progressive committee member, once a Republican leader of Ohio bull moose forces, announced support for Wilson Pomerone and Cox. Also ad notes Fisk Hats sale for Friday and Saturday at The Ladies Hat Shoppe and Derby Hat Co relocation to Market Avenue.
Canton officials report school openings show rising enrollment with 1354 in the high school and total attendance up 687 from last year. Plans include transferring pupils from crowded buildings, completing Henry S. Martins and Market ards facilities, and continuing construction, lighting, and supply contracts amid a $60,000 bill for contractors and architects.
A northeast end mill section constable jailed Anna Cerna on a criminal slander warrant after a door mis identification. It was Anna Vecereda, Cerna’s mother, causing release and later bond arrangements. The incident prompted a misaddressed arrest and a wrongful detention in the county jail days before correction.
An advertisement lists a five dollar eighty cent fare for a round trip to Detroit via W L E and D C steamers with another offer at six seventy five through November first targeting Markatesy locations.
Chicago explorer John Borden leads a party aboard the schooner Great Bear in a July Arctic search for Stefans son. Thirteen days overdue at Nome alarms authorities as the revenue cutter McCullough and Great Bear cooperatives scour Bering Strait for clues.
R P Halleck, guest speaker at Stark CE teachers institute, urged making every teacher write poetry and every pupil in eighth grade and above write it. He stressed imaginative activity as vital in education and praised mythic folklore for developing imagination, citing Poe Wordsworth and Keats in discussion of poetry.
Nimishillen residents in precinct outside Louisville voted 92 to 61 to retain two saloons in Harrisburg. Dry supporters urged closure but the majority kept the establishments open. Voters in the village did not participate and turnout was unusually high.
The British offensive is reported as successful, with positions secured and winter hardships expected to ease. The report emphasizes strong momentum and reduced strain on winter operations, noting favorable advances and stabilized lines.
Frederick Palmer, accredited correspondent with the British Army, reports that after two months of uphill offensive work the British see the drive past Gillemont and Guillemont as securing the Somme front. He notes high spirits in both British and French ranks, the press focusing on gains rather than public elation, and hints at strategic planning for spring operations. Weather and morale remain sturdy despite rain and autumn chill.
Canton real estate men and their wives plan a picnic at Barber farm Barberton next week leaving from the city Auditorium at 1 o'clock a stop at Springfield lake for a picnic lunch then on to the Barber farm The group may meet again in fall to plan courses in real estate matters for members of the M C A Frank L Col e was chosen to represent the Canton Realty board at the next national convention in Milwaukee The board will discuss fall plans including education courses on contracts deeds and related topics
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